H 4278 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H 4278 Joint Resolution, By L.H. Limbaugh, Askins, McGee and McKay
Similar(H 5023)
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR A BINDING REFERENDUM TO BE HELD AT THE SAME
TIME AS THE 1998 GENERAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED
ELECTORS OF FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE FAVOR GRANTING TO THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT THE AUTHORITY BEGINNING IN 1999 TO RAISE THE MILLAGE
FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS BY NOT MORE THAN FIVE MILLS OVER THAT LEVIED FOR THE
PREVIOUS YEAR WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF A REFERENDUM, AND TO GRANT SUCH
LIMITED FISCAL AUTONOMY TO THE BOARD BEGINNING IN 1999 IF THE RESULTS OF THE
BINDING REFERENDUM ARE IN FAVOR THEREOF.
06/04/97 House Introduced and read first time HJ-2
06/04/97 House Referred to delegation from Florence HJ-2
03/31/98 House Member(s) added as co-sponsor(s): Rep(s) McGee HJ-12
A JOINT RESOLUTION
TO PROVIDE FOR A BINDING REFERENDUM TO BE HELD
AT THE SAME TIME AS THE 1998 GENERAL ELECTION TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS
OF FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE FAVOR
GRANTING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT
THE AUTHORITY BEGINNING IN 1999 TO RAISE THE
MILLAGE FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS BY NOT MORE THAN
FIVE MILLS OVER THAT LEVIED FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR
WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF A REFERENDUM, AND
TO GRANT SUCH LIMITED FISCAL AUTONOMY TO THE
BOARD BEGINNING IN 1999 IF THE RESULTS OF THE
BINDING REFERENDUM ARE IN FAVOR THEREOF.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. (A) A binding referendum shall be held at the same
time as the 1998 general election in Florence County School District
One on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of the
district favor granting to the board of trustees of the district the
authority beginning in 1999 to raise the millage for school operations
by not more than five mills over that levied for the previous year
without the approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the
district in a referendum. The five mill limitation includes any EFA
inflation factor adjustments or increases necessary to meet the
requirements of Section 59-21-1030 of the 1976 Code. The binding
referendum for this purpose must be conducted by the Florence
County Eelection Commission at the same time as the 1998 general
election. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and
supervise the binding referendum in the manner governed by the
election laws of this State, mutatis mutandi. The commissioners shall
frame the question for the ballot, prepare the necessary ballots,
appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary
to carry out the binding referendum, including the counting of ballots
and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date
of the binding referendum sixty days preceding it in a newspaper of
general circulation in the district and shall publish a second notice
thirty days before the binding referendum. The cost of the binding
referendum shall be paid by the school district.
(B) The question put before the qualified electors of the district at
the 1998 binding referendum shall read:
"Do you favor granting to the board of trustees of the district the
authority beginning in 1999 to raise the millage for school operations
by not more than five mills over that levied for the previous year
without the approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the
district in a referendum?
Yes []
No []
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a
check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those
voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross
mark in the square after the word 'No'."
(C) If the qualified electors of the district vote in favor of the
question submitted at the 1998 binding referendum, the board of
trustees of the Florence County School District One beginning in
1999 may raise the millage for school operations by not more than
five mills over that levied for the previous year unadjusted for the
EFA inflation factor sufficient to meet the requirements of Section
59-21-1030 of the 1976 Code without the requirement of a
referendum. Any millage increase for school operations above five
mills may be levied only after a majority of the qualified electors of
the district in a referendum conducted as provided by law vote in
favor of such increase.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by
the Governor.
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